Common Osier (Salix viminalis)
The Common Osier is an impressive middle-sized deciduous tree, shrub or creeper (roughly 8 species in our region) and thrives near waterways and on flood plains (softwood plains).
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Erscheinungsbild
The Common Osier is an impressive middle-sized deciduous tree, shrub or creeper (roughly 8 species in our region) and thrives near waterways and on flood plains (softwood plains).
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Blätter
Lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate leaves 6 - 12 cm long, 1.5 - 2.5 cm wide. Leaf stalk 0.5 - 1.5 cm long. Dentate margin. Leaves dark grey-green above, pale blue-green below. Both sides slightly hairy with arcuate feathery veining. Summer-green alternate distichous leaf with yellow-green autum colouring.
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Blatt Oberseite
Lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate leaves 6 - 12 cm long, 1.5 - 2.5 cm wide. Leaf stalk 0.5 - 1.5 cm long. Dentate margin. Leaves dark grey-green above, pale blue-green below. Both sides slightly hairy with arcuate feathery veining. Summer-green alternate distichous leaf with yellow-green autum colouring.
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Blüten
Flowering period: IV to V. Yellow catkins up to 7 cm long, dioecious, with two stamens curving outwards and hairy below, fixed bare style and almost undivided stigmas. Pubescent yellow-green elongated outer sepal.
Anwendung
Open fields, pioneer plants, tip afforestation, bank stabilization, slope stabilization, soil stabilization, wind-breaks, forage for honey-bees, parks, urban areas, roadside verges, topiaries
Heimatgebiete
Europe, Western Asia, Northern Asia, Siberia, North Africa
Standortparameter
Light: semi-shady to full sun; temperature: warm to cool; soil: dry to moist; stagnant moisture: to be avoided; soil structure: heavy to normal, soil depth: shallow to deep; compaction: to be avoided; soil quality: medium to high; nutrient concentration: poor to high; pH value: slightly acid to alkaline.
Ansprüche
Tolerates heat, stagnant moisture and urban climates. Soil compaction must be avoided.
Frosthärte
down to -32°C
unknown
Height of growth: 6 m to 25 m. Spread: 8 m to 15 m. Fast-growing, broad, spreading shrub or tree with numerous long branches, characteristic of certain landscapes.
Blätter
Lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate leaves 6 - 12 cm long, 1.5 - 2.5 cm wide. Leaf stalk 0.5 - 1.5 cm long. Dentate margin. Leaves dark grey-green above, pale blue-green below. Both sides slightly hairy with arcuate feathery veining. Summer-green alternate distichous leaf with yellow-green autum colouring.
Blüten
Flowering period: IV to V. Yellow catkins up to 7 cm long, dioecious, with two stamens curving outwards and hairy below, fixed bare style and almost undivided stigmas. Pubescent yellow-green elongated outer sepal.
Früchte
Bivalvate capsule with numerous seeds. Seeds with silky hair shaft.
Rinde
Grey, rarely grey-brown or grey-green outer bark with thick strips and deep furrows, regularly broken up. Branches are yellowish-brown or yellowish-green.
Wurzel
Shallow-rooting, with a dense, expansive system of roots.